'Torpedo' bat all the buzz. But what is it?

Plus: Why this hitter ate his … batting tape?

Monday, March 31 View In Browser  TOP NEWS Yankees' 'Torpedo' bats create a stir amid 15-homer weekend    Several Yankees have used a new bat design during their record-setting home run tear, drawing questions about if the bats are legal (they are) and how exactly they work.  Judge slugs 4th HR to set club mark, Jazz goes deep twice in sweep Baseball reacts to the new 'Torpedo' bats deGrom opens 2025 with 5 scoreless innings D-backs pitcher(!) delivers RBI single during 8-run rally Devers' 2025 campaign off to historically rough start 3 wins, 3 walk-offs for Marlins to open season Ray takes perfecto bid into 6th as Giants take series Scherzer heads to IL with right thumb injury MORE TOP NEWS MLB MORNING LINEUP PODCAST TOP PERFORMANCES Julio Rodríguez Game-deciding HR travels 438 feet, nearly out of T-Mobile Park Aaron Judge First player in Yankees history with 4 HRs in first 3 games Jazz Chisholm Jr. Last 2 games: 3 HRs, 6 RBIs, 5 R, reached base 6 times Jacob deGrom First outing of at least 5 IP since 4/23/23 Nick Pivetta Faced minimum over 7 IP, allowed 1 hit in Padres debut PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MORE FREE GAMES AT MLB PLAY MUST-SEE PLAY Nick Martinez earned some serious style points with a no-look, behind-the-back grab. MORE TOP PLAYS STAFF PICKS Instant overreactions from opening weekend ... and are they valid? We have only gotten through one weekend of the 2025 season, but that has never stopped fans from panicking before. Let's explore if any of the early concern so far is warranted.   Sometimes you just need a midgame snack After using his teeth to remove some grip tape from his bat, Willson Contreras needed a place to put it. He chose poorly. "That was a bad taste, really bad," he said. How the 'Sodfather' saved Angels-Sox game When a sudden hailstorm halted play in Chicago and the grounds crew could not get the tarp all the way on the infield, head groundskeeper Roger Bossard had to think -- and work -- fast. 6 things to watch in first full week The first full week of games gives us some intriguing series, including the juggernaut offenses of the D-backs and Yankees facing off and a 2024 AL Wild Card Series rematch. How the Dodgers and Braves stack up The undefeated Dodgers and winless Braves are off to radically different starts, but the teams are much closer in talent level than you might realize heading into their series beginning tonight in L.A. Monday tripleheader on MLB Network It's Red Sox vs. Orioles at 3 p.m. ET (or Rockies vs. Phillies), Rangers vs. Reds at 6:30 (or Mets vs. Marlins) and Braves vs. Dodgers at 10 (or Cubs vs. A's). MORE STORIES SCOREBOARD PHI 1 WAS 5 MIL 3 NYY 12 BAL 1 TOR 3 SF 6 CIN 3 COL 4 TB 6 PIT 2 MIA 3 CLE 6 KC 2 LAA 3 CWS 2 MIN 2 STL 9 BOS 2 TEX 3 CHC 6 ARI 10 OAK 1 SEA 2 ATL 0 SD 5 © 2025 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. MLB trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball. Visit MLB.com. Any other marks used herein are trademarks of their respective owners. Please review our Privacy Policy. You (gahleexholly.hdhask@blogger.com) received this message because you registered to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com. Please add info@marketing.mlbemail.com to your address book to ensure our messages reach your inbox. If you no longer wish to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com, please unsubscribe  or log in and manage your email subscriptions. Postal Address: MLB.com, c/o MLB Advanced Media, L.P., 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.